Reduction of stroke incidence after myocardial infarction with pravastatin: the Cholesterol and Recurrent Events (CARE) study. The Care Investigators.

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Published in Circulation on January 19, 1999

Authors

J F Plehn1, B R Davis, F M Sacks, J L Rouleau, M A Pfeffer, V Bernstein, T E Cuddy, L A Moyé, L B Piller, J Rutherford, L M Simpson, E Braunwald

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Cardiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA. jonathan.f.plehm@hitchcock.org

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